Wooden Paddle Bat and Ball

A genuinely fun item and a great icebreaker and energiser. The wooden bat and ball is also perfect to demonstrate coaching and feedback skills. Sample exercise:

Split the group into pairs.

Round 1: A has one minute to bounce the ball as many times as they can. B counts the number of bounces. The trainer times 1 minute and records the result.

Round 2: B has one minute to bounce the ball as many times as they can. A counts the number of bounces. The trainer times 1 minute and records the result.

Round 3: Participant B has 30 seconds to coach A on their 'bouncing technique'. A then has a further one minute to bounce the ball as many times as they can. B counts the number of bounces. The trainer times and records the score next to their first score.

Round 4: Participant A has 30 seconds to coach B on their 'bouncing technique'. B then has a further one minute to bounce the ball as many times as they can. A counts the number of bounces. The trainer times and records the score next to their first score.

Reward / applaud the participant who increased their score the most and the coach who coached this increase.